Zemlya-Kheret

The Republic of Zemlya-Kheret, known simply as Zemlya-Kheret (Brais: Республіка від Земля-Херет, or Земля-Херет) was a state that broke away from the Braissash federation in November 2018, declaring itself a communist republic. It was among the poorest country in Maia, and had very poor human rights. It had been the subject of a United Nations peacekeeping operation since December 2018, before having its corrupt government removed soon after. The successor-state, Kovatia, was set up and given UN approval, functioning from 2019 onwards.

Human rights
According to a United Nations report, the state was among the worst in Maia by its human rights record. Basic human rights were infringed upon, with infringements including;
 * Kheretian government policy to ban the use of the Brais language except in legal affairs, favouring Kheretian folk languages until a standardised dialect has been formed.
 * Freedom of speech not respected; several journalists who have criticised the regime have been arrested and kept in detention camps indefinitely.
 * Kheretian citizens who left the country via the Southern border (to Braissash) were threatened with having their citizenship revoked.
 * Citizens of Zemlya-Kheret were subject to regular property checks including the punishing of citizens who own books or other media in material considered "counter-revolutionary" by the government.
 * Though the country did allow immigration, those who moved to the country are routinely treated as second-class citizens, though the government denied this.
 * The government seized power through revolution, and was therefore not democratically-elected under free and fair elections.

Enemies of the people
The government had a self-published list of "Enemies of the people", whom are exempt from the rule of law, and vigilante attacks are actively encouraged towards. These were mostly Braissash government officials, but also included some protesters of the government and Kheretian succession as a whole.